Take a look at this Engaging Cities article by Bill Miller about geodesign and what it means for GIS technology companies.

Read the article here: GeoDesign: A Framework for Community Collaboration

Dan Huang of Urban Systems Ltd and Ben Wasenius recently wrote an article about CommunityViz that was featured in the Alberta Professional Planners Institute Journal issue titled “Changing Planning, Changing Technology” (Summer 2012, Issue 9).

Huang and Wasenius cite CommunityViz as a decision-support tool that “effectively integrates land use planning, urban design, and GIS technology with other analytical systems.” They go on to discuss the functionality and user-friendliness of the software, as well as the potential for effective public engagement due to it’s easily presentable analysis results.

To read the entire article click here. It can be found on pages 6-9.

A CommunityViz project was recently featured in the Transportation Research Board’s TR News. The article is called “Climate Change Scenario Planning: The Cape Cod Pilot Project” and can be found on pages 15-21 of the Adapting to Climate Change: Building a Network of Solutions issue (July-August 2012, Number 281).   The article cannot be found online, but the entire issue can be purchased here. Read on for a brief summary:

In 2010, the USDOT’s Volpe Center, working with federal Interagency Transportation, Land Use, and Climate Change Pilot Project, selected Cape Cod as an ideal location to study climate change and scenario planning.  They were evaluating land use and transportation strategies that would potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and they were also using scenario planning to provide a framework for studying the future effects of climate change in the region. The aim of the pilot project was to bring together stakeholders, agencies, elected officials, and the general public to discuss these issues and the value of scenario planning for transportation and land use planning related to climate change. The article discusses CommunityViz decision tools and how they played an integral role in providing participants in the outreach workshops with an opportunity to identify different scenarios, evaluate possibilities for trade-offs, and give immediate feedback based on their findings.

Find a copy of TR News for the entire article.  Placeways’ own short case study about the project is posted here: http://placeways.com/communityviz/gallery/casestudies/pdf/CapeCod.pdf

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